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First kill in a nutshell:

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FEAR STREET APPRECIATION WEEK day 2: favorite character [1/3] - SAM FRASER

This is all my fault. I’m sorry. When I went to Sunnyvale, I ran away from you. Because you were, like… this reminder. I was scared of this. Of us. Of me. And, like, tonight’s been the first time I’ve felt like myself in… months. It’s been so long. I forgot what that… what that felt like.

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FEAR STREET APPRECIATION WEEK day 3: favorite dynamic [1/3] - SAM and DEENA

When this is all over, I am going to take you on a date. We’re going to eat cheeseburgers and listen to the Pixies, and make out and have the best night of our goddamn lives.

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it is SO amazing to know that young queer girls will get to watch first kill and see a tv show in which the romance between juliette and cal has nothing to do with homophobia/coming out/etc

yes, those stories are important in their own way, but i can promise that every single young queer girl is aware of the stress of coming out, the hate that may await them in the world, the possible distaste from friends and family. they don’t need to see it on their tv all the time too

what they DO need to see is elinor teasing juliette “you like her/you want her” and dropping female pronouns without a second glance, to see juliette’s bottle spin landing on cal and their classmates not batting an eye, to see talia telling cal she’s not allowed to have her door closed with a girl over no different than she might if it were a boy, to see the full spectrum of a sapphic teenage relationship, not something that’s either completely over-sexualized or something that’s almost sterile in the way it barely lets the two characters touch lips for more than 2 seconds at a time. they get to see juliette pining over a girl at school without a subplot about something related to being outed or made fun of, they get to see her talking to her best friend about girls without worrying someone will overhear, see margot joking with talia about their young love.

so often queer kids are sold the message “it gets better,” but what about NOW? media with young teens that are out and proud, happy, accepted, and loved is SO important

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Calliope: I’m a monster hunter that’s going to take you out

Juliette: You mean like on a date?🥰😍😘❤️

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Summer 2021 we had Deena and Sam. This summer we have Calliope and Juliette. Next summer I am expecting WLW content from Netflix again.

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Jealous Calliope™ (requested by anonymous)

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This part!

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Oh, a simple complication Miscommunications lead to fallout So many things that I wish you knew So many walls up, I can’t break through

First Kill (2022-) Season 1

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FIRST KILL + text posts

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Things I loved in First Kill that haven't been talked about enough:

Theo sleeping in a silk durag

Talia's microbraids

The fact that this is the writer's room (instead of just a bunch of old white cishets):

Theo being Talia's whole heart.

Cal's hair not staying straight after she fights/runs/gets sweaty. Because that's what happens to curly hair when we sweat/are in humid weather.

How much the Burns family absolutely loves one another.

The respect that Margot and Talia have for each other despite the fact that they're enemies.

When Oliver told Talia that she's the best mother he's ever known and he wholly meant it.

Ben and Juliette being lesbian & gay solidarity best friends.

When Cal's family loyalty was called into question, her brothers backed her up zero hesitation.

Different vampires having different abilities for no particular reason (Elinor's mind manipulation).

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we stan a golden retriever girlfriend

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fun facts about sharks

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Talking more about First Kill and how the queerness is well written but the rest is “not” thus purposefully fulfilling the shitty teen tv drama niche but for gay ppl:

Lesbian main characters are BOTH main characters they get equal time devoted to their history, motivations, feelings, and family dynamics throughout the story

Calliope, Juliette, and Ben are already fully comfortable in their sexualities and their families are fully accepting and don’t ever question it or say anything even mildly homophobic, even the shitty relatives

Calliope: She is a black, darkskin lesbian that is not treated as a love interest but as a main character in love. She’s ADORED by her girlfriend. She’s framed to be gorgeous, intelligent, sensitive and kind by the narrative. She is also treated as the child she is by her family!

The Burns: healthy, loving family, the kid from a previous relationship is still THEIR kid and brother, no one dies, they are NEVER villainized, they communicate with eachother, their love and devotion to eachother is apparent, they are actually all fleshed out characters with distinct personalities and motivations

Juliette: she feels like an outcast and sort of is one, but that’s due to her own internal conflict and social awkwardness not any external conflict with peers who are kind to her!

Ben: he’s a star athlete/jock, but still emotionally available and kind, a stellar student, well liked, loyal, the lil communication game he has with Juliette??? Hello???

Small queer things: Cal being friends with her ex, Ben and Juliette dating and figuring themselves out and staying best friends, killing off the closest case jock that refused to meet Ben even halfway and kept disrespecting him, NONE of the characters experience homophobia, tentative respect from parents about their “monster” gfs

The lore exists and is very plot relevant. And its also interesting and poetic?

Basically, this show lacks horrible stereotypes and is therefore a lesbian teen drama made for the genuine campy fun of it!

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First Kill Incorrect Quotes - 1/?

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Say what you want about first kill, but the fact that we have a Black Lesbian in the mainstream is big. And this one’s particularly important because she is co-main character. She has a close knit black family that doesn’t care she is gay and who are pretty well written. Yeah this show isn’t perfect. But for a 15 year old black girl who is used to girls who look like her be the comic relief, the side character, the one that dies or only used to seeing white lesbians or light skinned lesbians, this is great. Let her enjoy it. Because I know that I would have.

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this better be real or I'm gonna go Nightwing killer on yall

this is the only thing i care about